Hypertext Webster Gateway: "complete"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Complete \Com*plete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Completed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Completing}.]
To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to
perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish;
as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of
education.
Bred only and completed to the taste Of lustful
appetence. --Milton.
And, to complete her bliss, a fool for mate. --Pope.
Syn: To perform; execute; terminate; conclude; finish; end;
fill up; achieve; realize; effect; consummate;
accomplish; effectuate; fulfill; bring to pass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Complete \Com*plete"\, a. [L. completus, p. p. of complere to
fill up; com- + plere to fill. See {Full}, a., and cf.
{Comply}, {Compline}.]
1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from
deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate. ``Complete
perfections.'' --Milton.
Ye are complete in him. --Col. ii. 10.
That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel
Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon. --Shak.
2. Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is
complete.
This course of vanity almost complete. --Prior.
3. (Bot.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it
or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens,
and pistil.
Syn: See {Whole}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
complete
adj 1: having every necessary or normal part or component or step;
"a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete
set pf the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a
complete defeat"; "a complete accounting" [ant: {incomplete},
{incomplete}]
2: perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary
qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness";
"a consummate performance" [syn: {consummate}]
3: (botany) having all four whorls or principal parts--sepals
and petals and stamens and carpels (or pistils); "complete
flowers" [ant: {incomplete}]
4: highly skilled; "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete
musician" [syn: {accomplished}]
5: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative)
intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a
consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross
negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a
sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing
villain"; "utter nonsense" [syn: {arrant(a)}, {complete(a)},
{consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)}, {everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)},
{perfect(a)}, {pure(a)}, {sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)},
{thoroughgoing(a)}, {utter(a)}]
6: having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting
was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the
abruptly terminated interview" [syn: {concluded}, {ended},
{over(p)}, {all over}, {terminated}]
v 1: come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the
dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her
Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race
in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
[syn: {finish}]
2: bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements;
"A child would complete the family"
3: complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties" [syn: {dispatch},
{discharge}]
4: complete a pass, in football [syn: {nail}]
5: write all the required information onto a form; "fill out
this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form" [syn: {fill
out}, {fill in}, {make out}]
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